With so many minute linguistic differences between American and British English, I think the time has come to give you a primer - hopefully the first of many - in Neworldspeak:
Behind (AE) = Bum (BE)
Bum (AE) = Tramp (BE)
Tramp (AE) = Loose woman (BE)
Crazy (AE) = Mad (BE)
Mad (AE) = Angry (BE)
Pissed (AE) = Angry (BE)
Drunk (AE) = Pissed (BE)
Peed (AE) = Pissed (BE)
Pants (AE) = Trousers (BE)
Underwear (AE) = Pants (BE)
Consequently, whereas a British bobby would frown on a pissed tramp for being mad enough to pull down his pants and show his bum, a female cop in the States would be pissed if a mad bum peed on her pants and called her a tramp.
Bum (AE) = Tramp (BE)
Tramp (AE) = Loose woman (BE)
Crazy (AE) = Mad (BE)
Mad (AE) = Angry (BE)
Pissed (AE) = Angry (BE)
Drunk (AE) = Pissed (BE)
Peed (AE) = Pissed (BE)
Pants (AE) = Trousers (BE)
Underwear (AE) = Pants (BE)
Consequently, whereas a British bobby would frown on a pissed tramp for being mad enough to pull down his pants and show his bum, a female cop in the States would be pissed if a mad bum peed on her pants and called her a tramp.
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